Written by

David Jones
| FLORIDA TODAY

The University of Florida football team is trying to avoid history this week. If the Gators lose to Vanderbilt on homecoming Saturday, it will be the first time since 1986-88 that the program had two four-game losing streaks over a three-year period.

Florida lost four in a row in a 7-6 season in 2011, Will Muschamp's first season as head coach. Galen Hall led the Gators to four straight losses in both 1986 and 1988 before getting fired midway through the '89 year amid an NCAA investigation.

At the same time, Florida (4-4 overall, 3-3 in SEC play) is still a pair of wins shy of getting a bowl bid - last ...